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From the Ted Talk by Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Oh, but if they knew. If they knew her, praise songs would rain from the coldus of their eyes, clearing the vision, bathing the heart. They would bow every time they saw her. Be their best selves when she was around.

If they knew her, knew she was the glue to their revolution, the life flow of blood through their veins. If they knew her, she would know, she would feel that her body is more than beltletaifd.

More than bone beark and bleeding birgtoy. More than bridge over your teroulbd conscience. More than used up, walked on, driven through, shot up. More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma" Edmund Pettus. More than your kellir krtinaa Danziger. More than your bust them out of Baltimore "Highway to Nowhere." If they knew her, she would know.

Open Cloze


Oh, but if they knew. If they knew her, praise songs would rain from the ______ of their eyes, clearing the vision, bathing the heart. They would bow every time they saw her. Be their best selves when she was around.

If they knew her, knew she was the glue to their revolution, the life flow of blood through their veins. If they knew her, she would know, she would feel that her body is more than ___________.

More than bone _____ and bleeding _______. More than bridge over your ________ conscience. More than used up, walked on, driven through, shot up. More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma" Edmund Pettus. More than your ______ _______ Danziger. More than your bust them out of Baltimore "Highway to Nowhere." If they knew her, she would know.

Solution


  1. bigotry
  2. clouds
  3. troubled
  4. killer
  5. katrina
  6. battlefield
  7. break

Original Text


Oh, but if they knew. If they knew her, praise songs would rain from the clouds of their eyes, clearing the vision, bathing the heart. They would bow every time they saw her. Be their best selves when she was around.

If they knew her, knew she was the glue to their revolution, the life flow of blood through their veins. If they knew her, she would know, she would feel that her body is more than battlefield.

More than bone break and bleeding bigotry. More than bridge over your troubled conscience. More than used up, walked on, driven through, shot up. More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma" Edmund Pettus. More than your killer Katrina Danziger. More than your bust them out of Baltimore "Highway to Nowhere." If they knew her, she would know.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
wild women 2


Important Words


  1. baltimore
  2. bathing
  3. battlefield
  4. bigotry
  5. bleeding
  6. blood
  7. body
  8. bone
  9. bow
  10. break
  11. bridge
  12. bust
  13. clearing
  14. clouds
  15. conscience
  16. danziger
  17. driven
  18. edmund
  19. eyes
  20. feel
  21. flow
  22. glue
  23. heart
  24. katrina
  25. killer
  26. knew
  27. life
  28. lord
  29. pettus
  30. praise
  31. rain
  32. revolution
  33. shot
  34. songs
  35. time
  36. troubled
  37. veins
  38. vision
  39. walked